Charities of the Year 2009-2010
Nabarro is pleased to announce details of our chosen charities for this year. Great Ormond Street and Teenage Cancer Trust both offer vital support and services to young people and their families. Please read on to find out more about our chosen charities for this year and how you can donate to them.
Great Ormond Street Hospital
We are pleased to announce that the Great Ormond Street Hospital is our new charity of the year for the London office.
Great Ormond Street Hospital provides inspirational and world class care to hundreds of children every day. They need to raise over £50 million every year to enable them to continue the good work that they do. From an ambitious seven-year programme to rebuild two thirds of the hospital to buying state-of-the-art equipment, researching treatments for complex medical conditions and providing space for patients families to stay close to their loved-ones, Great Ormond Street has many good reasons to ask for help.
To kick off our commitment to this worthy cause, the firm has made a donation of £3320 which is enough to buy a replacement intravenous analgesia pump. The hospital currently relies on a number of outdated pumps to administer pain relief and the pumps are often out of service for repair. Replacing the pumps with modern new reliable pumps will benefit up to 1,800 children per year.
Background
The original 'Hospital for Sick Children' had ten beds and first opened its doors at 49 Great Ormond Street on Valentine's Day, 1852. Dr Charles West was the driving force behind its opening, driven by the shockingly high level of infant mortality in the capital. The first in-patient was Eliza Armstrong from Lisson Grove, suffering from Phthisis & Bronchitis. The first child admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital as an out-patient was two-year-old George Parr, who had catarrh and diarrhoea - not serious by today's standards, but this was a time when one third of children born in London died before adulthood. The new hospital quickly attracted public support. Queen Victoria, Charles Dickens and author JM Barrie - who donated the copyright to his famous play Peter Pan - were among the first to pledge their help.
The Wishing Well Appeal was launched in 1987 to redevelop the hospital, and build parental accommodation and a cardiac wing. The now familiar teardrop logo was created, and the slogan 'help Great Ormond Street get better' struck a chord with people across the country, who gave generously. The Prince and Princess of Wales were joint patrons of the Appeal, and it was hugely successful, raising £54 million in just two years. It funded the new Variety Club building which opened in 1994. In February 2007, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity was delighted to announce Tess Daly and Vernon Kay as its new patrons.
We hope that Nabarro staff will find innovative ways to help Great Ormond Street keep up the good work of the last 157 years by raising money and supporting this worthy charity.
Find out more by visiting: http://www.gosh.org/
Teenage Cancer Trust
Teenage Cancer Trust (www.teenagecancertrust.org) is the chosen charity for Sheffield, is a charity devoted to improving the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer.
Cancer is the most common cause of death in teenagers and young adults (aged between 12-21) with over 2,000 teenagers diagnosed with cancer each year. The charity was founded in 1990 with the first specialist unit built at Middlesex Hospital. There are now 8 specialist units around the UK for teenage sufferers, one of which is located at the Sheffield Weston Park Hospital, although another 14 units are desperately needed.
In addition to establishing specialist units across the UK, the Trust endeavours to improve education and awareness of teenage and young adult cancer through its education team.
Their activities include:
Hosting international conferences on teenage and young adult cancer medicine.
- Providing a multidisciplinary forum for cancer professionals.
- Funding a professorship of teenage and young adult cancer medicine.
- Running a support network and hosting an annual conference for teenage cancer sufferers.
Click Teenage Cancer Trust to make an online donation.
